Upright Hammer Spring Replacement

[Gary Fluke]

Terry,

I've recently replaced the spring cords on two old Yamaha consoles.  I know you are doing the springs, but my job entailed removing all of the hammer flanges and leaving the hammers attached by the bridle straps, which I guess you will have to do, depending on the design of the action.  Replacing the cords is a time consuming fiddle, taking longer than the springs, I should think.  At any rate, the first piano took ten hours and the second eleven hours shop time.  The cords are a real pain to glue on.  I have found that pinning the second glued end of each cord is the best way to get it to stay attached until the adhesive firms up.  

People are buying these Yamaha's without any idea of what they are getting themselves into (like I did the first time I bought one).


Gary Fluke
Snohomish, WA

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farrell 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:57 PM
  Subject: Upright Hammer Spring Replacement


  It's been a couple years since I've replaced all the hammer butt springs on a vertical. I need to give a guy an estimate. I looked in Joe Garrett's labor guide and it says four hours. Seems to me it took me a lot longer than that - but maybe I'm slow - and besides, my memory ain't what it used to be (I think). Any opinions on labor time once the action is in my shop?

  Thanks.

  Terry Farrell
  Farrell Piano

  www.farrellpiano.com
  terry at farrellpiano.com
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